This page introduces our various products and services and provides a general overview of their characteristics and our ordering process.. To view descriptions of each of our product lines and their prices, please go to Products page. To see examples of our various products, please go to our Product Galleries. After reviewing the signs or plaques in your areas of interest, you can get more information, free designs, or a cost quote by sending us the form on the Request an Estimate page.

Dimensional Wood and HDU Sign and Plaque Specialist., We specialize in designing and building custom dimensional wood and HDU signs and plaques, and wroght iron signs and hangers, for businesses and corporations, professional offices of lawyers, doctors and CPAs; residences, farms & ranches, vacation homes on the seashore and in the mountains, government facilities, golf courses, parks, churches, apartments, condominiums, restaurants, resorts and hotels, (see our Product Galleries), all at reasonable prices.

We make signs and plaques ranging from 6 inches to 14 feet in width. Our materials include High Density Urethane, Redwood and Cedar),and hardwoods (including Mahogany ,Oak and Cherry), Extira board, and PVC. Dimensional signs have a beauty and elegance flat signs do not achieve. Our dimensional signs are made by one or more of these three methods :(1) letters, borders and artwork elevated over the background, by removing the background through sandblasting or CNC routing ; or (2) letters, borders and art engraved, or carved into the sign's face letters and artwork by hand-carving, CNC-programmed machine carving, or sandblasting (these can be V-cut or U-cut profiles) (3) epoxying/stud-mounting separate cut-out, hand-carved or machine-carved art sculptures, borders or letters as appliques on the sign substrate's surface. This latter technique can combine HDU carved appliques with a natural wood signboard.We can also combine printed digital vinyl photos (protected against the weather) ot flat hand-painted art with carved wood or hdu sign substrates.

Sign Hangers, Stands, Frames, Supports and Installation. The Redwood, Cedar and HDU signs can be mounted on your own sign stand, or we can supply hand-made wrought-iron stands designed specifically for your sign (see Product Line 7 Gallery) enabling very simple and low cost installation. We also make wood posts, finials, lateral beams, and internal steel and wood box structures for double-faced signs. We will also install our signs in the Southern California area if you wish.

Custom Designs for Small and Medium Signs & Plaques. We offer you the quality and distinction of a custom sign at a price often lower than that of a "cookie-cutter" sign or plaque. If you want a specific sign or plaque (e.g., "I want a 16 inch by 18 inch wall plaque with a dark green background and gold border with a picture of a football and a goal post and my son's school emblem in its colors, above it, and his name engraved on it with a bold font with the caption "Most Valuable Player of the Year-2007"), WE CAN DESIGN AND MAKE YOUR CUSTOM SIGN OR PLAQUE for the cost of a standard sign, unlike traditional on-line sign and plaque makers who have standard shapes, colors, fonts and emblems. Ask us - if we are supplied pictures of specific art such as photos, drawings, sketches, logos and emblems, we can design a custom plaque or sign for you at a very reasonable cost. Just because you can't find exactly what you are looking for in the Product Gallery doesn't mean that we can't design and make it for you. We develop color, realistic proofs (sometimes several of them showing different design variations) so you can see EXACTLY what your sign will look like before you order it.

If you want "hands-on" involvement in selecting sign shape, colors, font, art and layout, use the Product Catalogs; it will take you more time but you will have a broader selection of design features to choose from. If this is the course you want to take, first go to the Product page and read the summary description for that Product Line . Then click on Product Catalog page link at the bottom of each Product Line description. There you can download that Catalog and Art Appendices, browse through it and select your design features (size, shape, color, font style, artwork).

The Products page gives an overview of the types of sign and plaque products we offer in each Product Line. The Product Galleries provide thousands of examples.The pulldown menu at the very bottom of every page allows easy access to these pages no matter where you are on the site.

Large Signs for Commercial Customers, both wholesale (to Sign Shops & other Sign Retailers) and retail (to direct end users). In addition to smaller signs, We also build large wood or HDU dimensional signs and painted/vinyl flat MDO signs. We make signs up to 14 ft x 8 ft, and can ship these across the country. Product Line 8 Gallery, and some of the Application Galleries (e.g., 14, 16, 19, 25, and 27) also show these larger signs. For large signs, we work closely with our commercial clients to develop a design that will meet their requirements and stylistic preferences, or in many cases, we build-to-print someone else's design. Consulting with us and developing the initial design is at no cost.. We will give you a firm price after we consult with you to determine your needs. We design and build dimensional signs ranging from simple sand-blasted text and art to complex and elaborate signs with one or more of the following: large and detailed hand-carved or machine-carved /sculptures, hand-painted or gold-leaf-gilded art; cut-out letters including beveled (prismatic) letters of many font styles; hand-carved incised (engraved) prismatic (V-cut) gold-leaf-gilded letters; gold, bronzed, or copper - coated plaques; elaborate sculptures or carvings used as appliqués ; multi-level signs; antique rustic signs from aged barnwood; unique sign shapes or structure; internal steel box structure; adaptors to attach sign to monument base, posts, or wall; posts , finials & lateral beams; etc).

Large Custom signs take up to 7 days for initial PROOF design and 2 to 4 weeks for detailed design and fabrication. For Southern California (San Diego/Inland Empire/greater Los Angeles area) only, we can also install your sign, including the support structure.

Easy to order . Our customers love our signs and plaques, but they also love our personal service. We are the "Friendly Signmakers" ! We pride ourselves on our responsiveness and flexibility in working with customers. You as a customer will get an opportunity to review and approve personalized or customized designs by reviewing our PROOF via e-mail before we build your sign or plaque.We want to make the process of doing business with us as easy as possible. To see what our customers think of us, please visit our Customer Satisfaction page.

To choose a design, we recommend you first visit the Product Galleries page; we have over 2500 examples organized by application. If you like a given type of sign or plaque, go to the Request an Estimate page, fill out the short form referencing the sign's ID number (e.g., M2315) and modifications you want made, and send it to us.

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